Visual   Design Basics
              Making your message sizzle!
Let’s meet the   stars...
Mr.   Vector
Miss.   Raster
Design   Values
Simplicity
Clarity
Unclutteredness
Our Purpose
Create   ‘Aha!’
Provoke   ‘Thought’
Evoke Emotion
How we do it...
Leading the   eye
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Full Bleed Images
Adventure
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Aspect   Ratio
Low Resolution Images
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Entertainment
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Big   is good
Alpha
De-Noising
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Consulting is an   ‘Art’
Typography
So, first things first
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Simplify Reality
Simple≠Simplistic
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 Making the simple complicated is commonplace;




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 making the complicated awesomely simple,
 that’s creativity.
 — Charles Mingus
That’s it folks!
Thank You

Visual Design Basics